Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Protect Server

Published: 2024-10-23

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-24787 CVE-2024-24788
CWE-ID	CWE-426 CWE-835
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software	Storage Protect Server Other software / Other software solutions
Vendor	IBM Corporation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Untrusted search path

EUVDB-ID: #VU89295

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24787

CWE-ID: CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of an untrusted search path in md/go. A remote attacker can trick the victim to build a Go module which contains CGO to trigger arbitrary code execution when using the Apple version of ld, due to usage of the -lto_library flag in a "#cgo LDFLAGS" directive.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Storage Protect Server: before 8.1.24

CPE2.3

cpe:2.3:a:ibm_corporation:storage_protect_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7173770

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Infinite loop

EUVDB-ID: #VU89296